Types of Norfolk, Eastern Shore, & Other Virginia Truck Accidents

There are many different types of Virginia truck accidents that occur on Norfolk and Eastern Shore roadways, but, generally speaking, we use the term "truck accident" to refer to crashes involving large or commercial vehicle trucks rather than small personal vehicles or pickups. Whether the truck accident involves a semi truck, delivery truck, tractor trailer, 18-wheeler, big rig, or another large truck, a Virginia accident involving such a large vehicle poses a dangerous threat to drivers and passengers of smaller vehicles on the road or highway. If you have arrived on this page, you or a family member may have suffered injuries in one of the following types of Virginia trucking accidents:

• Sideswipe accidents/side impact collisions: crashes in which a tractor trailer or another large truck slams into the side of a smaller vehicle can crash into the side of another vehicle in many different circumstances
• Head-on collisions: accidents in which trucks and smaller vehicles crash their front ends into each other, often resulting in severe injuries or fatality
• Pileup accidents: collisions involving multiple vehicles
• Rear-end collisions: crashes involving large trucks that slam into the back ends of another vehicle
• Back-up collisions: crashes occurring when a large truck backs into a smaller vehicle, sometimes occurring when truck drivers attempt to accelerate on a hill, but the truck rolls backward
• Underride accidents: crashes in which smaller vehicles hit the back end of a commercial truck, sometimes resulting in serious or even fatal injuries to the head.
  

The above list is certainly not comprehensive, and every Virginia truck accident involves unique details that must be thoroughly investigated before negligence and further action can be determined. No matter what type of truck wreck you or a family member has been involved in, feel free to contact Norfolk, Newport News, and Eastern Shore personal injury attorney Lawrence Land for free resources and answers to your important questions. To contact Lawrence Land, fill out his online contact form, or call him at any of the numbers below:

Nassawadox: 757-442-7272
Norfolk: 757-625-1911
Toll-free: 800-800-1911.